The Six Sentence Argument: An Introduction for Students
Erik Jentges and Julian Kölbel
The six sentence argument (6SA) is an exercise that helps you train your critical thinking skills. This document explains the concept of the exercise and teaches you how to conduct the exercise step by step. After completing this introduction, you can start participating in a 6SA exercise in class. Estimated workload for completion is 30 minutes for reading and 60 minutes for the assignments.
The exercise is presented in:
Julian Kölbel and Erik Jentges (2018): The Six-Sentence Argument: Training Critical Thinking Skills Using Peer Review. In: Management Teaching Review, Vol 3, Issue 2, pp. 118 – 128. First Published November 8, 2017. https://doi.org/10.1177/2379298117739856
The six sentence argument is based on Georg Brun and Getrude Hirsch Hadorn (2014): Textanalyse in den Wissenschaften. Inhalte und Argumente analysieren und verstehen. 2nd edition, vdf UTB, p. 85.
Julian Kölbel and Erik Jentges (2018): The Six-Sentence Argument: Training Critical Thinking Skills Using Peer Review. In: Management Teaching Review, Vol 3, Issue 2, pp. 118 – 128. First Published November 8, 2017. https://doi.org/10.1177/2379298117739856
The six sentence argument is based on Georg Brun and Getrude Hirsch Hadorn (2014): Textanalyse in den Wissenschaften. Inhalte und Argumente analysieren und verstehen. 2nd edition, vdf UTB, p. 85.
